Muller



v INVENTOR Mu Z Ze 7 ATTORNEYS April 28, 1953 Patented Apr. 28, 1953 UNITED STATES P'IENT OFFICE RADIANT HEATER Otto Muller, Bronx, N. Y.

Application June 19, 1950, Serial No. 168,944

1 Claim. 1 This invention relates to electric radiant heaters.

An object of this invention is to provide a heater of the radiant type which can be used either as a stationary heater or as a portable heater.

This invention will provide an improved radiant heater embodying an electric heater unit formed of electric heating wires embedded in a radiant element with a rellector plate at the rear of the radiant element and a heat insulating chamber which insulates the back side of the reflector plate.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination, and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specication, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detailed front elevation of a radiant heater constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed side elevation partly broken away and in section of this invention.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 83 and 84 indicate radiant heatings members which are disposed in chambers 85 and 86 which are formed by offsetting a rear baille plate generally designated at 8l. The baiile plate 81 includes upper and lower parallel plates 88 and 89 connected together by a downwardly and forwardly directed connecting member 00. A radiant panel 9| is secured to the forward side of the baille 8l and is formed of vertically fluted members 98. These vertically iluted members 98 comprise diiusing means for diffusing the radiating heat which is radiated by the panel 9|. A

(Cl. 21S-34) housingr |20 encloses the baite 8l and forms an air space |2I.

What is claimed is:

A radiant heater comprising a housing formed of front and rear walls spaced from each other and secured together, a bailie between said front and rear walls formed of parallel wall members inclined to the vertical, a connecting wall connecting said wall members together and upper and lower closure walls connecting said parallel wall members to said front wall to form a pair of chambers, and a horizontally disposed heating element extending transversely across the bottom of each chamber, said front wall being longitudinally fluted and having a heat reilecting characteristic, the iiutings of said front wall diffusing the reected heat.

OTTO MULLER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain June 25, 1948 

